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Jay Leno owns more than 180 vehicles, but when The Drive asked him to pick his favorite American muscle cars, he skipped the obvious answers entirely. His list includes a 1971 Dodge Challenger, a Ford Galaxie 500 with a forgotten 7-liter engine, a 1,000-horsepower Oldsmobile Toronado, and a crate-engined Buick Roadmaster sleeper. Every pick rewards a level of car knowledge most muscle car fans do not have. See exactly why Leno chose these four over anything more obvious.
A small-block Dodge Demon 340 squares off against a big-block Camaro in a quarter-mile grudge match that turns into a genuine wheelstand, the Demon’s front end clawing skyward as both cars fight for traction off the line. Commenters are still arguing over whether outspending an opponent’s engine build counts as a real win, and at least one former Demon 340 owner shows up in the replies to defend the underdog. The gap between the two cars’ elapsed times tells its own story. Watch to see how it plays out.
John Wischmann set out to run 7-second quarter-mile passes at every stop of Rocky Mountain Race Week in a twin-turbo big-block Camaro, then drive it on public roads to the next track and do it again, without a single mechanical failure. Viewers keep comparing the turbo whistle to a screaming eagle, and the launches show almost no wasted motion or tire shake. Reliability and speed are not supposed to go together at this level. Watch to see whether this build proves that wrong.
Shot on a public street during Ocean City, Maryland’s biggest car week, this decade-old clip pits a Chevy S10 against a Camaro in an impromptu street pull that was never part of the official Cruisin’ Ocean City schedule. The self-deprecating title warns you how it turns out before you even press play. Watch to see why over a million people have clicked on a shaky, unbranded phone video anyway.
The 1970 Plymouth Superbird was not styled, it was shaped by a wind tunnel and a NASCAR rulebook, and every strange proportion on it exists for a reason. Fewer than 2,000 were built, three engines were offered, and only one of them is why collectors chase these cars today. Dealers could barely give them away when they were new. Read on to find out how a car nobody wanted became one of the most valuable Mopars ever built.
Edelbrock built its reputation on performance parts cast entirely in the USA, and this video takes cameras inside the two foundries where that happens — molding, pouring, machining, and final inspection, all in one place. Former employees who’ve worked the exact stations shown, from furnace operator to CMM inspector, weigh in in the comments with details the video itself doesn’t spell out. It’s a rare look at where a trusted name in muscle car parts actually comes from.
A 1967 Ford Fairlane GT and a 1969 Plymouth GTX go head to head at Palm Beach International Raceway, and the gap between them, 11.41 versus 11.25 seconds, turns out to be closer than the numbers suggest. Both owners showed up in the comments to keep the argument going years later. Watch the quarter mile that started a rivalry neither driver has let go of since.
This 1971 Ford Custom 500 spends less time on a showroom resume and more time sliding sideways through a Southern back road, doubling as the getaway car in Burt Reynolds’ 1973 chase picture White Lightning. Stunt driving from the golden age of practical car chases, with Ned Beatty playing the corrupt sheriff chasing him down. The chase still pulls in six-figure views decades later, proof that a full-size sedan can be just as thrilling as any factory muscle car when the right driver is behind the wheel.
Ranking the greatest muscle cars of all time was always going to start an argument, but slotting a Mercedes-Benz Brabus Bullit 800 into the number three spot sent this comment section into open revolt. Viewers debate what actually counts as a muscle car, what got left off entirely, and whether horsepower numbers alone should decide the list at all. See which cars purists say are missing.
A hail storm should have ended this Dodge Challenger’s story before it started, but Stanley “Dirt Monkey” Genadek saw a blank canvas instead of a write-off. The build adds a 3-inch lift, true off-road tires, full rhinoliner armor, and underglow lighting to turn a modern muscle car into something closer to a wasteland runner. Viewers who hated the concept at first are now among its biggest fans.
This video calls itself home to “quite possibly the rarest Mustang in the world” — a badge-engineered German-market car called the T5, renamed because Ford couldn’t use “Mustang” in Germany over a trademark conflict. The comments section immediately went to work fact-checking the engine specs and the exclusivity claim itself. Dig into the debate to find out what’s actually true about one of Mustang history’s stranger footnotes.
Once a year, El Reno, Oklahoma shuts down a stretch of Route 66 and lets its street racing scene run completely above board — car show, burnout contest, and a straight-up drag lineup that ranges from a sneaky-fast black Vega to a C5 Z06 that surprised everyone with its grip. Longtime viewers are already comparing it to the street racing they grew up with decades ago. Watch to see which car earns bragging rights this time.
At a Good Guys car show in May 2013, a 1968 Chevelle SS clipped a concrete barrier during an autocross run — and more than a decade later, the comments are still debating whether the course itself was the real problem. Between complaints about missing hay bales, no helmets, and an oversized figure-8 layout, this brief fender-bender turned into a lasting argument about event safety. Watch to see how close it actually came to being much worse.
It looks like a rusted-out junkyard reject, but the “Rust Bucket” Camaro driven by Eric Yost is running a different motor than the last time 1320video caught up with it — and it’s about to prove that immediately. A record-setting roll race and a tense battle against a Nissan GT-R are just the start. What’s actually hiding under that beat-up wrap?
A 1970 Dodge Coronet convertible is already a rare find — Dodge dropped the body style after this model year — but this one raises the stakes with a 440 big block and a four-speed manual, a combination few original Coronet buyers chose. Nick’s Garage, known for real, unscripted diagnostic work rather than highlight-reel repairs, tears the engine down piece by piece to see exactly what decades under the hood have done to it. The channel’s slow, methodical approach has earned it viewers as far away as Indonesia. Watch to see what a genuine 440 teardown actually reveals.